Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Dichomeris | |
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Similar Dichomeris derasella, Dichomeris, Acanthophila alacella, Dichomeris limosellus, Dichomeris marginella | ||
Dichomeris juniperella, the Scotch crest, is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in almost all of Europe, except Ireland, the Benelux and the western and southern part of the Balkan Peninsula. The habitat consists of montane areas, including open woodland, mountainsides and gullies.
The wingspan is 18–22 mm. The forewings are grey with two larger and one smaller central black spot. Adults are on wing from June to August in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on the needles of Juniperus communis from under a silken spinning. They can be found from April to July.
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